Customs Intercepts $12M in Meth at Border

[Right_in_Virginia]

Customs Intercepts $12M in Meth at Border
US News, Feb 20, 2019



Customs and Border Patrol agents intercepted more than $12 million worth of methamphetamine that crossed into the U.S. inside a truck carrying frozen strawberries from Mexico.

The agency on Tuesday said officers working at the Pharr-Reynosa International Bridge cargo facility in Texas intercepted the truck that held 906 pounds of meth worth $12.7 million. The discovery was made on Feb. 16 after imaging equipment and dogs used to inspect the truck revealed 350 packages of what appeared to be methamphetamine hidden within the trailer.

Officers arrested the 42-year-old Mexican citizen who was driving the truck and turned him over to Homeland Security investigators, according to the agency.

Port director David Gonzalez called the seizure an "outstanding interception."

"This was an outstanding interception that our officers achieved this weekend," Gonzalez said in a statement. "The astute sense of conscience and tenacity of our officers is incomparable and truly commendable."


https://www.usnews.com/news/national-news/articles/2019-02-20/customs-agents-intercept-more-than-12m-in-meth-at-border-crossing

[Right_in_Virginia]

Forcing them through ports of entry is a beautiful thing.   

[goatprairie]

I know who's behind all this.

[txradioguy]

That's just a few miles from where I was at when I down at the border late last year.